Technical Lab - Lab Assistant at TalentBurst, an Inc 5000 company in Wood Dale, IL

Job description

• 8 hours/day
• 5 days/week
• Job Title - Lab Assistant
• Location - Wood Dale IL ,60191
• Duration - 2+ Months
• Shift: Monday to Friday 1130pm to 8am (3rd shift )
• Perform the daily activities as described below.
• Perform various routine laboratory functions in a precise and accurate fashion to assist the laboratory professional staff and to facilitate production.

Responsibilities

• Sorting, and receiving specimens in the department.
• Performs routine instrument maintenance on some equipment.
• Performs laboratory tasks of centrifuging specimens, printing extra labels, recording data (temperature charts) specimen storage and retrieval.
• Preparing reagents and or media in the department.
• Preparing specimens at workstations for testing. (Including building worklists, aliquoting specimens into sample cups, checking specimens for clots and fibrin, inoculation, slide preparation)
• Performs QA/QC duties as assigned.
• Resolves pending lists.
• Finds missing samples.
• Decontaminates work areas.
• Performs weekly radioactive wipe tests.
• Maintains files for department records.
• Changes gas cylinders.
• Follows all PPE requirements and all safety regulations.
• Uses the laboratory computer system as well as operates PCs.
• Disposes of biohazardous material.
• Completes training and competency checklists as appropriate.
• This is not an exhaustive list of all duties and responsibilities, but rather a general description of the work performed by this position.

Requirements

• High school diploma or equivalent. Medical assistant training helpful. Math and science courses preferred.
• None required
• Must have the ability to establish work priorities and to handle several tasks for maximum workstation efficiency.
• Must be able to retain information once learned.
• Must interact with other coworkers, internal and external customers with courtesy and respect.

Skills

Preferred

• Medical assistant training
• Math and science courses